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...surface-mined coal pay the government a royalty of 12.5% of the current market value of the commodity), in a recent amendment, Rahall suggested restricting the fee to new mines, and exempting existing mining operations - a move that frustrated environmental groups. After a committee vote taken last Thursday, the bill would instead oblige existing mines to pay lower royalties of 4%; new mines, 8%. "We were disappointed," said Lauren Pagel, legislative advisor with Earthworks, a nonprofit dedicated to reforming the mining law. "We're going to fight to get an amendment onto the House floor for an 8% royalty...
...audience to continually reflect on their long-term priorities, and to not only look for short-term gains. “There’s nothing more satisfying in life than helping someone become bigger and better than they thought they could be,” he said. On Thursday afternoon, the students heard presentations from executives at ConAgra Foods, a Fortune 500 company that sells packaged food brands such as Chef Boyardee and Slim Jim. R. Dean Hollis, who runs the Consumer Foods Division at ConAgra, spoke to the group about problem-solving. He presented a case study...
Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of DNA, and former Harvard researcher James D. Watson apologized Thursday for suggesting earlier last week that blacks tend to be less intelligent than whites. “I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said,” Watson said in a statement to The Associated Press. “There is no scientific basis for such a belief.” Watson, one of the most famous biologists of the 20th century, shook the scientific community last week after his comments on race were published...
Late each weekday afternoon, the Pentagon issues a list of all the contracts it has awarded that day. Last Thursday, well down on the roster, was a trio of contracts to three companies for more than $1 billion to buy 2,400 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for U.S. troops in Iraq. There is no doubt such heavy-duty vehicles are needed. Improvised-explosive devices account for more than half the U.S. fatalities in Iraq; and the characteristic V-shaped hulls of these vehicles are engineered to deflect blasts from roadside bombs away from the troops within. So the push...
...just have to polish everything, make those passes that are just a half-second late better, and get ready for the final part of our season.” Looking ahead, Harvard must recover quickly from its tumultuous weekend when it takes on bitter rival Brown on Thursday at Blodgett Pool. The Thursday night affair is the Crimson’s final regular-season match before commencing play in the Northern Championships.“Brown is definitely our biggest rival,” Ludwick said. “This game may determine who gets second place in our league...